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Remember the hardest riddle on the Net that is NotPr0n? All right. Well, see, you gotta solve this one to know what this entry's real title is.

My first God-thanking entry in 2006.

On the day that I had to drag myself out of bed and arrived at work half an hour late, on the day papers praised Rio Ferdinand for his heroics, Kobe Bryant gave me at least one reason to smile. He had 26 when I left for lunch. He had 81 when I returned.

Yes, it was a long lunch -- don't change the subject.

You know, some time back I made a subconscious decision not to write about things you can easily read on papers and the web. Well, not too much anyway. If you want to read an interesting take on an actual event, a concert, a movie, a book, etc, you can find tons out there and I can't for the love of me write any better than them.

But eighty-friggin'-one points in a single game? That might not happen again in my lifetime -- that's a hint to Kobe, BTW -- and so I have to write about it. Who knows, somewhere in the distant future there might come a global disaster, natural or otherwise, that destroys all history records but this blog of mine.

Let it thus be recorded, then, that on Jan 23, 2006 at noon SGT, Kobe Bryant, 27 years of age, of the Los Angeles Lakers scored 81 points in a game (55 in the second half alone) against the Toronto Raptors -- and he didn't need an overtime to do it.

I bought a camera. Yes, finally! Scrooge-stingy, remember?

This rain is starting to grate on me. On weekend it rendered my beloved pair of jeans wet beyond salvation, barely minutes after I had taken them out of the closet. Hours later it soiled my expensive Shangri-La Peking duck. It had been warm when I left the restaurant, it was as aqueous as a living duck when I got home. I ate it, but, kids, please don't try this at home.

Then just now, I was happily preparing my yummy instant noodles for dinner when suddenly it poured like crazy. Look what it's done to my guitar! To my previously snug bed! Friggin' rain, what's wrong with you? Gosh!

I'm a superhero!

Thanx to this DIY superhero kit.

Current music: T.A.T.U. - All About Us
Current mood: happy

Tiba-tiba kusadari lagu burung camar tadi. Wah, maaf kepencet. Maksudnya tadi, tiba-tiba pengen nulis tentang pergantian taon. En tiba-tiba gua sadar bahwa gua nggak inget lagi sebagian besar pergantian taon yang pernah gua alamin.

Setelah corat-coret di kertas buram, baru deh keinget beberapa taon baru terakhir. Coba kita liat...

Taon baru 2006. Sendirian di kamar. Sempet ngeliat kembang api di atas -- tebakan gua -- Boat Quay atau Clarke Quay. Bagus lah yao! Sayang cuma bentar, lima menit doang kali. Tipi isinya orang-orang itu-itu lagi. Kasian juga nih negara, stok seleb terbates. Sempet kepikir pengen ngecek suasana Orchard tapi akhirnya diurungkan. Waktu balik jam 10-an aja udah rame banget, ampe nyeberang jalan aja musti dipandu bapak dan ibu polisi, giman man pas tengah malem?